Openda, Sesko take Leipzig past Union
Goals from Lois Openda and Benjamin Sesko took RB Leipzig to a comfortable 2-0 home win over Union Berlin on Sunday, the Saxons' first Bundesliga victory since December.
In teeming rain, Leipzig rediscovered their attacking fluency, with Dani Olmo again impressing.
Leipzig came into the match as the only Bundesliga side not to pick up a point since the winter break, allowing Borussia Dortmund to overtake them into the Champions League places.
Leipzig welcomed back goalkeeper and captain Peter Gulacsi, who was playing his first league game since October 2022 after a knee injury, as well as defender Willi Orban, who started for the first time in five months.
Openda slammed in a rebound on 11 minutes to raise his tally to 14 league goals this season.
Sesko doubled Leipzig's lead shortly after halftime, heading in a curling cross from David Raum.
The Slovenian found the net again nine minutes later but the goal was struck off by VAR for a narrow offside in the build-up.
The VAR intervention seemed to shock Union into life, with the visitors roaming forward and pressuring the Leipzig defence.
Any hopes of an Union comeback were snuffed out with just over a quarter of an hour remaining however, when defender Christopher Trimmel saw straight red for sinking his studs into Raum's foot.
The win took Leipzig one point behind fourth-placed Dortmund.
Union remain just two points and one place above the relegation playoff spot, but have a game in hand to be played at fellow strugglers Mainz on Wednesday.
Earlier on Sunday, Wolfsburg came from behind twice to draw 2-2 at home with Hoffenheim, with Croatia midfielder Lovro Majer scoring both goals for the home side.
This was Wolfsburg's fourth draw in a row and leaves them
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